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Abe's Pitaria
Categories: Restaurants Greek Restaurants Mediterranean Greek, Mediterranean [Edit]
3045 Merrick RdWantagh, NY 11793
(516) 221-8110
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 11 am - 10 pm
Sun 11 am - 9 pm
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
16 reviews for Abe's Pitaria
16 reviews in English
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Review from Laura G.
Long Island, NY
5/24/2012
i love abes.
sure it's a whole in the wall but they are friendly and the gyros/falafel are incredible. -
Review from Bobbie A.
Merrick, NY
5/14/2012
The gyros are fresh and consistently good, though messy. The falafel balls are good as well. We usually get delivery. If you eat there, it is sometimes a bit dirty. But a great deal for good food.
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Review from Irene B.
East Meadow, NY
2/20/2012
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Review from Adriano R.
Massapequa, NY
6/19/2009
Total craphole with below average food. Place is small and dirty and staff not very accomodating.
I had a gyro that was loaded with tzatziki sauce, what a total mess. Flavor-wise, it was decent, not horrible but nothing special. She had the chicken gyro platter and it was more of the same- messy, average in taste. We also got a side of couscous which tasted like crap, not even sure what the flavor was that I tasted in there. Won't go back. -
Review from Jeff O.
1/8/2008 1 photo
Abe's is a Wantagh Institution.
Gyros are hearty.
The falafels are of the green variety. I don't know what this means, but it tastes great and has plenty of great feeling mix-ins.
The entire menu is consistent. Everything is fresh and crisp, although you would never know it from their marketing. There is none, other than the huge yellow overhang outside.
They don't seem to skimp on the blend of textures and flavors in their food. The lettuce, tomatoes, hummus, cucs, israeli salad all taste fresh and independant in a pita. The food has integrity. This is what makes it so good. Everytime I go back I like it more and more.
And in the cabinet, how can you say no to a Doc Brown's Cel-Ray? It's basically that or a pepsi. -
Review from Laura R.
Massapequa, NY
1/15/2012
I like Abe's. I know it looks like a dump but the food is pretty good. Sure the gyro's might be a little messy but after all it is a gyro.
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Review from Justin F.
West Babylon, NY
2/28/2010
The place itself is gross. But don't let that make you walk out the door.
The gyros are pretty damned good, and the falafel is out of this world!
The sides they have like the stuffed grape leaves, and couscous are pretty average though, and probably not worth your time or money. If you're looking for some cheap and fast greek fare you could do a lot worse! -
Review from Patty S.
Bay Shore, NY
5/27/2011
I love this place! This to me is comfort food. Sometimes the little hole in the wall places make the best best food. They probably have the best falafel on long island, their gyros are great, and they have good baklava. My only complaint is they microwave the cous cous...so I avoid that.
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Review from Justin L.
Bellmore, NY
1/16/2011
They need to realize the customers can see behind the counter and where they prepare the food. If you want to save yourself some stomach churning, order by phone otherwise you'll have a stomach ache before and after you eat. Tasty gyro, don't know if i'd dare myself to go back though.
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Review from Helen C.
Merrick, NY
5/15/2011
The food is very good. I love the felafel. They need a larger, updated space with a great atmosphere so you can dine inside. Merrick, Bellmore or Wantagh would be a great location for Abe's Pitaria.
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Review from Zach F.
New York, NY
4/1/2011
DELIVERY ONLY. No reason to ever step foot in this hole, but they deliver, and rather promptly at that. Also, in addition to only getting delivery, only get the GYRO sandwich, which is huge for the money and pretty freakin good. The platter is more money and somehow slightly less meat, which makes little to no sense, but oh well. Are there better greek joints? yes; but they are far away and don't deliver.
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Review from Adam S.
Long Beach, NY
4/28/2009
Abe's is a great place for a gyro. I've been getting food from there for something like 15 years. Growing up in Bellmore this place has way more flavor than most places that have Gyro. They even have their own twist with a slightly spicy, sweet red sauce on the gyro that actually really good but you can ask them to leave it off. Now I live in Long Beach and lucky for me that's where their other location of Abe's is and it's pretty much just the same so yay! ... but some reason I think I like the Wantagh location more. Probably because I have so many memories and so many years of them in the Wantagh spot. Eat on.
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Review from Doreen L.
4/18/2010
Ugh, no thanks! Went here after it was recommended by Justin F. and I wasn't pleased. The place is absolutely a dump. Dirty, rundown looking but I still went there and even at one of the few tables there. Got the chicken gyro, with everything. The weird barbecue "special" sauce ruined the gyro's taste and overall, it tasted like any gyro I've gotten at carts in NYC. No thanks - this was not worth the trip or price. I won't come back - Greek Town in Rockville Centre still reigns supreme in my book!
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Review from Glenn T.
East Meadow, NY
8/25/2011
I always get a good meal there. Hardly eat in because it's so small, but the food is always good. The gyros are excellent, never did I get the dry stubble end of the meat. Yes it is messy but that's half of the fun. The sides are great the falafal is my wife's favorite. I don't get the negative reviews. I've always been very happy.
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Review from Tito L.
Bellmore, NY
1/12/2010
My favorite gyro shop in the area. I eat here at least twice a week. The food is fresh, plentiful and inexpensive. The place is one of those special places that looks like a hole in the wall but is really freaking awesome!
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Review from Evan X.
Mineola, NY
10/7/2009
The highest praise I can give is that the food was edible. The chicken was pretty much tasteless and the souvlaki had either ketchup or some really weak barbecue sauce on it. I've eaten at a few Greek places and never had anyone serve souvlaki with ketchup. My wife had souvlaki also and also had ketchup on it. Pretty nasty. The pita it was wrapped in was pretty good. The french fries sucked. I wanted to like Abe's but I should have trusted my instinct.
